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Topic: Why only vesa? (Read 10834 times)

The problem is i cant install the drivers on either the core or media director. The drivers needs to be compiled and you cant install the compiled modules on the core because it does not have an nvidia card. And on the md a dont have the headers files + compiler for building the drivers. trying to install the restricted modules does not seem to work either.

I might try to copile the drivers on the core than manualy copy the modules to the md.

I've got the same problem, hacking the Cards file didn't help. I have a very generic GeForce 6500 256 that lshwd doesn't see as a valid card. I've already manually installed the drivers before hand (with Envy) , edited the xorg.conf.pluto file but it kills it every time I edit it. AVWizardDone = 1 is set in pluto.conf

Is there a way to hack the $%T$@$@SSS#@ Xconfigure script to force it to the nvidia driver? or not make changes to the .conf file (as I'm writing this, I am trying it out with exit; in the Xconfigure script seems to be working so far, but it would be nice if it would play just a little bit nicer with unknown cards :-)

edit:after killing off the Xconfigure.sh script to keep it from editing the xorg.conf.pluto file I get the following errors...

I guess the first time you laucned the lshwd -id it stated that it would use driver NV for your "VGA compatible card" as you can read in my walkthrough i had same issue, and now it's trying to use the VESA driver since it can not find the NVIDIA drivers to use,

I guess the first time you laucned the lshwd -id it stated that it would use driver NV for your "VGA compatible card" as you can read in my walkthrough i had same issue, and now it's trying to use the VESA driver since it can not find the NVIDIA drivers to use,

The issue turned that lshwd -id wasn't picking the right diver for this card because it always came back as unknown. I fixed this by tracing down where in the code it was selecting the driver and hacked a few lines in /usr/pluto/bin/Utils.sh to read

local VideoDriver=$(lshwd | grep ' VGA ' | head -1 | sed 's/^.*(\([^()]*\)).*$/\1/') case "$VideoDriver" in nv|vesa) PackageIsInstalled nvidia-glx && VideoDriver="nvidia" ;; radeon|ati) PackageIsInstalled fglrx-driver && VideoDriver="fglrx" ;; "") VideoDriver="nvidia" ;; # just-in-case default esacAnother issue was trying to install while using the PCI-E card, I had to do a fresh install of 6.10 and install LMCE, hack the script, reinstall the drivers (only worked when installed with Envy), switch the system over to the 6500 and manually edit my xorg.conf file (for some reason the nvidia-settings didn't configure the 6500, so I had to look up what the pci-e slot was and change it there).

Lots of hassle, I'd like to see the next revision be a little smarter and check for already installed video drivers instead of forcing it's own on the system.

I haven't had any success with the nvidia drivers to use UI2. The first time I installed LinuxMCE, I already had the Automatix2 nVidia drivers installed, and it looked great, dual monitors working with max resolution, but I wanted UI2 with alpha blending. So I set out on a journey to get it working!

I'm on my 9th install of Kubuntu/LinuxMCE. Each time I install LinuxMCE, I start with a fresh copy of Kubuntu. I might want to ghost this partition soon if this is going to be many more times before I get it working.

Anywho, I took the necessary steps that Kurt suggested, installing the latest Nvidia drivers from their website. When I reboot, it just sits at a black window with a flashing cursor. So I hit Ctrl+Alt+F1 to get to another console, and I restore my xorg.conf, startx, and voila, I'm back in.

Then I did some comparing of the xorg.conf that failed and the xorg.conf that was good. The only difference was:

Non-Working xorg.conf: Did not contain DRI; used nvidia driver; did not specify BusID under "Device" headingWorking xorg.conf: Contained DRI; used vesa driver; specified a BusID under the "Device" heading: BusID "PCI:1:0:0"